Words by John Masefield. Dedicated to ‘F.W. Harvey, Singer of this song
in many Prison Camps’. Probably published in the first half of 1920.
Gurney notes in a letter of 9 February 1920 that the ‘Old Bold Mate’ –
the song’s nickname – is ‘still keelhauled!’, suggesting that its
appearance was imminent; see D.5, p.501.

Words by William Shakespeare. This and the following four songs, called ‘the Elizas’ by Gurney, were probably published in the first half of 1920. Gurney notes in a letter of 10 October that ‘the first edition of some of the Elizas’ have already sold out; see D.5, p.503. All
five were dedicated to ‘Emmy Hunt’ and reprinted in a collected edition
as A.38.

Words by Francis Ledwidge. This issue of The Chapbook also
included new songs by Malcolm Davidson and Scott Goddard and all three
have been reprinted as Three New Songs: Music by Malcolm Davidson,
Scott Goddard and Ivor Gurney (Kraus Reprint Corporation, 1967).
See A.25 and A.35 for other
reprints of this song.

Words by Robert Bridges and dedicated to him. Probably published in the
first half of 1921. Gurney wrote to Bridges on 18 February 1921 saying
that he had received the ‘first proof’ of the song and asking
permission to dedicate it to him; see D.5, p.508.

Words by Raferty in James Stephens’s translation. Dedicated to Mrs.
Taylor. This and the following song were due to be published in the
second half of 1921. Gurney wrote to John Haines on 1 July 1921 to ask
if he could send him copies of the words as they were to be published
‘before long’; see D.5, p.501.

Words by A.E. Housman from A Shropshire Lad. Contents: ‘When
smoke stood up from Ludlow’, ‘Far in a western brookland’, ”Tis time,
I think’, ‘Ludlow Fair’, ‘On the idle hill of summer’, ‘When I was one
and twenty’ and ‘The Lent Lily’. Dedicated ‘To the memory of Margaret
Hunt.’ Published under the auspices of the Carnegie Trust. See A.36 and J.1.

Includes ‘Bach and the Sentry’, ‘The Battalion is Now ‘On Rest”, ‘The
Fire Kindled’, ‘From Omiecourt’, ‘Song (‘Only the wanderer’)’, ‘Song
and Pain’, ‘The Songs I Had’, ‘The Target’ and ‘That County’. Possibly part of I.13 and not a separate publication at all.

These details are taken from a typescript transcription of the B.35 text of the poem now at GA21.6 in the Gurney Archive. A note appended to the poem reads: ‘Also reprinted in Daily Telegraph Music page. This D.t. [sic] reprint differed in some details from Gurney’s own version because the Music Editor altered the grammer [sic]. M[arion] M[argaret] S[cott]’.

Includes ‘It is Winter’, ‘Where the Mire’, ‘On Somme’, ‘Riez
Bailleul’, ‘Varennes’, ‘The Two’, ‘On the Night’, ‘The Dark Tree’, ‘The
Mangel-bury’, ‘The Dream’ and ‘The Depths’. A selection from the
forthcoming B.42 published in the same issue as P.N. Review as D.1.

Includes ‘The Incense Bearers’, ‘It is Near Toussaints’ and
‘Swift and Slow’. Presumably published to coincide with the appearance of B.42.

B.42.Collected Poems of Ivor Gurney,
Chosen, edited and with an Introduction by P. J. Kavanagh (Oxford:
Oxford University Press, 1982)

292 poems, including 175 from B.37 andB.38, 11 not previously reprinted from B.4 and B.11 and 3 previously published only in periodicals.
Also included are a chronology, textual notes, glossary and maps of France and Gloucestershire.

A selection of Gurney’s wartime letters covering the period February
1915 to November 1918, with an introduction, chronology, notes on
correspondents and a black and white portrait. Reissued in paperback by
the Hogarth Press in 1984.

Gurney’s collected letters from summer 1912 to December 1922,
incorporating texts from D.2 and D.3
and new, previously unpublished material. It includes an introduction,
chronology, biographies of correspondents and a map of France.

A bibliographic description of a new deposition in the Gurney Archive
at Gloucester Library. It includes transcriptions of two letters and a
postcard sent by Gurney to Herbert Howells in 1918, a comic note
written by Gurney in 1919 and selections from letters to and about him,
as well as commentaries on manuscript poems and annotations made by him
in his books. All this material is previously unpublished.

Part E : Anthologies featuring Gurney’s work

E.1.The Muse in Arms: A Collection of
War Poems, for the most part written in the field of action, by Seamen,
Soldiers, and Flying Men who are serving, or have served in the Great
War, Edited and with an Introduction by E. B. Osborn (London: John
Murray, 1917).

Includes ‘Strange Service’ (p.14), ‘To the Poet Before Battle’ (p.30),
‘To Certain Comrades’ (p.130) and ‘Afterwards’ (p.152). The first
appearance of Gurney’s poems in book-form. See D.5,
p.412, for his opinion of the book as a whole.

Includes ‘The Fire Kindled’ and ‘Strange Service’. These details are
taken from a list at GA5.3e. in the Gurney Archive headed ‘Ivor Gurney
in Anthologies, &c’ and signed by Frank Sidgwick of Sidgwick &
Jackson. As he notes, ‘We do not always know the title of an anthology,
since applications are usually made to us before the title is decided’
and, as this is only a list of permissions granted, it may be that some
of its contents were never published.

E.3.Selections from Modern Poets,
Made by J. C. Squire (London: Martin Secker, 1921).

Includes ‘To the Poet Before Battle’ and ‘Song of Pain and Beauty’
(pp.249-250).

Includes ‘Song of Pain and Beauty’ (p.127). An anthology of devotional
and inspirational poetry and prose compiled by two senior clergymen.
Gurney’s poem is part of a section entitled ‘For Peace of Mind’.

Includes ‘To the Poet Before Battle’ (p.x), ‘West Country’ (p.11),
‘Servitude’ (p.71), ‘The Target’ (p.71), ‘Dirge for Two Striplings’,
‘War Books’, ‘Ypres’, ‘Picture of Two Veterans’ and ‘When I Am Covered’
(pp.154-157). This anthology represents the first publication of ‘Dirge
for Two Striplings’, ‘Picture of Two Veterans’ and ‘Ypres’, reprinted
in B.49. ‘Picture of Two Veterans’ is also included in B.45.

Includes ‘Carol of the Skiddaw Yowes’, ‘I will go with my father a
ploughing’ and ‘Spring’.

E.31.The Penguin Book of First World War Poetry, Edited with an
Introduction by Jon Silkin (London & Harmondsworth: Allen Lane
& Penguin Books, 1979).

Includes ‘To His Love, ‘The Silent One’, ‘The Bohemians’, ‘War Books’
and ‘Strange Hells’ (pp.111-114). The second edition, published as a
Penguin paperback in 1981, also includes ‘Butchers and Tombs’ (p.117)
and ‘It is Near Toussaints’ (p.119) and quotes the first line of
‘Strange Hells’ on the back cover.

E.33.The Faber Book of Poems and Places, Edited with an Introduction by
Geoffrey Grigson (London: Faber and Faber, 1980).

Includes ‘The High Hills’, ‘Possessions’, ‘Dawns I Have Seen’, ‘Song:
Severn Meadows’ [i.e. ‘Song (“Only the Wanderer”)’] and ‘Elver Fishermen on the Severn: Two Gloucestershire Fragments’ (pp.125-127). This anthology represents the first publication of ‘Dawns I Have Seen’, reprinted in B.49, and ‘Elver
Fishermen on the Severn’. The latter consists of ‘Rainy Midnight’ and a
shorter unpublished fragment: ‘The white faces are lit below the high
bank, | Deadwood on the brown ledge fishermen made, | The night around
tempers to another shade.’

E.34.The Oxford Book of War Poetry, Chosen and Edited by Jon
Stallworthy (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1984).

Includes ‘To His Love’, ‘Ballad of the Three Spectres’ and ‘The Silent
One’ (pp.181-182).

E.37.The Pity of War: Poems of the First World War, Selected with an
Introduction by Jill Balcon; Preface by Edward Carpenter; calligraphy
by Rosamund Grossman; illustrations by Barrington Barber (London:
Shepherd & Walwyn, 1985).

Includes ‘To the Poet Before Battle’ and ‘First Time In’ (pp.26-27).

E.38.Poetry of the Great War: An Anthology, Edited by Dominic Hibberd
and John Onions (London: Macmillan, 1986).

Includes letters from Gurney to Herbert Howells taken from D.2 on pp.87 and 90-91, a 1918 letter from Howells to
Gurney on p.89 and a 1939 letter from Howells to Marion Scott
concerning the proofs of A.32 and A.33
on p.223. It also contains an otherwise unpublished asylum letter from
Gurney to Marion Scott circa 1924 (pp.207-208) largely concerned with
‘the Football score. (Sunday)’, British and German history and
topography and authors that Gurney is reading.

E.40.In Time of War, edited by Anne Harvey (London: Blackie and Son,
1987).

Includes ‘The Target’ (p.30) and a biographical note (p.142). An
anthology of First and Second World War poetry aimed at younger
readers, illustrated with woodcuts and poster reproductions in black
and white. Reissued as a Penguin paperback in 1989 and a Puffin
paperback in 1995. The first line of ‘The Target’ is quoted on the back
cover of the Puffin edition.

E.41.Never Such Innocence: A New Anthology of Great War Verse, Edited
and Introduced by Martin Stephen (London: Buchan & Enright, 1988).

Includes ‘Crucifix Corner’ (p.128), ‘I Saw French Once’ (p.134) and a
biographical note (p.337). Reissued as an Everyman paperback in 1991.

E.42. Robert Giddings, The War Poets: The Lives and Writings of the
1914-1918 War Poets (London: Bloomsbury, 1988).

Includes ‘To the Poet Before Battle’ (p.68), ‘Pain’ (p.69), ‘To His
Love’ (p.82), ‘Strange Hells’ (p.129), ‘The Silent One’ (p.130) and
‘War Books’ (p.173). A selection of First World War poetry interspersed
with commentary in which Gurney receives extensive mention. Illustrated
with contemporary cartoons, prints and paintings.

E.43.Poetry of the First World War, Selected by Edward Hudson (Hove:
Wayland, 1988).

Includes ‘Ballad of the Three Spectres’ (p.55), ‘The Target’ (p.109)
and a biographical note (p.122). Illustrated with black and white
photographs.

E.44.The Coloured Counties: Poems of Place in England and Wales,
Selected and with an Introduction by John Arlott (London: J. M. Dent
& Sons Ltd., 1988).

Includes ‘To His Love’, ‘Toward Lillers’, ‘The Silent One’, ‘December
30th’ and a biographical and critical introduction (pp.1835-1838). Gurney’s poems were also included in the fifth edition, published in 1986.

Includes ‘Up There’ (p.71). An anthology of poems chosen by guests on
BBC Radio 4’s Poetry Please! programme. ‘Up There’ is the choice of the actor David Goodland, who has played Gurney on several ocassions; see N.11, N.13
and N.14.